Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Four West African states mount operation against Islamist insurgents
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Togo have carried out a joint military operation to counter increased attacks by Islamist insurgent groups in parts of West Africa, Burkina...
Nov 30, 2021
The race is on to trace the new COVID-19 variant
By Alistair Smout, Francesco Guarascio and Chen Lin LONDON/BRUSSELS/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Governments around the world are urgently scouring databases for recent cases of COVID-19 infections, screenin...
Nov 30, 2021
Exclusive-U.S. Senate panel inviting airline CEOs to testify at Dec. 8 hearing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chair of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee is inviting the chief executives of seven major U.S. airlines to testify at a Dec. 8 oversight hearing after she asked major carr...
Nov 30, 2021
Shell Deer Park Texas refinery saie delayed pending CFIUS approval – company
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Plc said on Tuesday a delay in approval from the federal Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has delayed the sale of its controlling inte...
Nov 30, 2021
Former Trump chief of staff Meadows agrees to cooperate with Jan. 6 panel
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The House of Representatives committee investigating the deadly U.S. Capitol riot said on Tuesday that Mark Meadows, who served as former President Donald Tr...
Nov 30, 2021
New lockdowns due to Omicron would threaten coffee industry -Colombia coffee chief
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - New economic lockdowns in response to the Omicron coronavirus variant would be another shock for the global coffee industry, Roberto Velez, head of Colombia's n...
Nov 30, 2021
Chile lawmakers knock down bill to ease abortion rules
By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's lower Chamber of Deputies rejected a bill on Tuesday that sought to expand legal access for women to get abortions, legislation that was opposed by the S...
Nov 30, 2021
Telefonica offers redundancy to 3,000-plus staff, union says
MADRID (Reuters) - Telefonica will offer voluntary redundancy to staff born in 1967 or earlier and with at least 15 years of employment at the company, the UGT union said on Tuesday, calculating that ...
Nov 30, 2021
Virginia Giuffre says Prince Andrew shaming her with ‘baseless’ attacks
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Virginia Giuffre, who is suing Britain's Prince Andrew for alleged sexual abuse, accused the Duke of York of shaming her before the media by leveling "baseless...
Nov 30, 2021
Early discounts, tight supplies lead to dip in Thanksgiving weekend shoppers – NRF
(Reuters) - U.S. shopper numbers fell over 3.5% over the Thanksgiving weekend this year, the National Retail Federation (NRF) said on Tuesday, as early discounts and product shortages took the shine o...
Nov 30, 2021
